Esheya Surname
Approximately 816 people bear this surname
Esheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 815 | 1:217,353 | 12,883 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Esheya (38) may also be a first name.
Esheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Esheya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﺤﻲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Esheya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Esheya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 424,145th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,930,816 people. The surname Esheya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Esheya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 38 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 815 people, or 1 in 217,353. In Nigeria Esheya is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 88 percent reside, Enugu, where 5 percent reside and Delta, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Esheya occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esheya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esheya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﺤﻲ | ashy | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Esheya
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